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New quake strikes Indonesia as crews dig for survivors; 529 confirmed dead Dita Alangkara / AP Residents walk through an earthquake damaged area in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Oct. 1, 2009...

BAE Systems faces bribery charges BAE Systems faces bribery charges after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said it would ask the Attorney General to prosecute the firm. The SFO has been in long...

I hate to write about this, but I have actually been to this play before and it is really disturbing. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman I was in Israel interviewing...

New apostasy bill to impose death on anyone who leaves Islam by Qaiser Felix Pakistan’s government sends draft bill tabled by six-party Islamic alliance to standing committee for review. Under...

According to these stats, Internet penetration is at 6.7% with Africa accounting for only 3.9% of the world's internet users. Whats more Kenya scores fewer internet users than Sudan. Though we...

Working Together for Immigration Reform Posted by Katherine Brandon download .mp4 (70.8 MB) | read the transcript The President and Vice President met with a bipartisan group of...

A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on...

Hii habari inaonesha kwamba maisha yanaanza kuwa magumu US, Ulaya nk. FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told...

Opiyo Oloya FORMER US president George Bush once called the United Nations a worthless debating club until he needed it for his war on Iraq. Every leader, especially disgraced dictators, it...

A man named as one of the UK's most wanted criminal suspects living in Spain has handed himself in to a British consulate. UK's 'Most Wanted' Surrenders In Spain Enlarge...

Iliwabidi waokoaji wabuni njia za kujikinga wasishambuliwe na nyuki Watu zaidi ya 20 wamelazwa hospitali nchini Uturuki baada ya gari lililokuwa limebeba mizinga ya nyuki kugongana na lori na...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:31 AM Mwanaume mmoja wa nchini Marekani amefungua kesi mahakamani akidai fidia ya dola trilioni bilioni 1784 (usishangae tarakimu hazijakosewa) kutoka kwa benki moja...

September 29, 2009 Shirika la ujasusi la Marekani limeanzisha uchunguzi kuwatafuta watu waliozindua kura za maoni kwenye mtandao wa Facebook wakijadili kuuliwa kwa rais wa Marekani, Barack...

By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC Arab Affairs analyst Pre-marital sex carries a strong social stigma in many Arab societies A leading Egyptian scholar has demanded that people caught importing a...

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:09 AM Mrembo wa vivazi wa Malaysia ambaye alikamatwa akinywa pombe hadharani atachapwa bakora sita kama kawaida pamoja na shinikizo la...

By its constant whinging about so-called sanctions, Zanu (PF) is, in effect, admitting that it is a complete failure. Ian Smith's minority, illegal, regime was under proper, UN-mandated sanctions...

Wadau I came across Netanyahu´s speech to the United Nations General Assembly which I would like to share with you. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen... Nearly 62 years ago, the United...

THE National Resistance Movement caucus yesterday rejected the federal system as demanded by Mengo, report Milton Olupot and Mary Karugaba. The legislators, instead, supported the idea of...

Iran tests short-range missiles amid nuclear tension (CNN) -- Iran tested a missile-launching system and two types of missiles Sunday, the state-run Press TV said. The missile tests come...

A police officer is to be charged with assaulting a protester at the G20 demonstrations in London, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Demonstrators posted Youtube footage of a police officer...